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APPLICATKON FILED MAR n. 1916.

J. POSTEL Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

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RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17. I916.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

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JACOB POSTEL, JR., AND MASON B. DICKENS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Application filed March 17, 1916. Serial No. 84,815.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAooB POSTEL, Jr., and MASON B. DICKENS, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The primary object of this invention is to improve that construction of metallic tie that has associated therewith wooden blocks which support or form seats for the rails, by providing a tie and block of novel construction such that when assembled the blocks will be securely held in position.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of this nature, and of such construction that the various parts thereof can be conveniently and expeditiously assembled.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the rail tie, showing one side thereof in section, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the tie with one of .the sides thereof in section, Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. a is an end view of the tie, Fig. 5 is a section taken through one of the blocks and the tie, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the rail supporting blocks, showing the under side thereof, Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the reinforcing frame for the upper side of one of the blocks, Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the central plates of the tie,

,and showing the same detached from the opening into the upper edges of the plates 1 and 2 and having their lower ends termi natmg above the lower edges of the plates 1 and 2, so as to provide the shoulders 5. The plates 3 are each provided adjacent their opposite ends with cut-out portions 6, which open into the upper edges of the plates 3, and the said cut-out portions 6 register with the adjacent recesses 4 in the inner sides of the plates 1 and 2.

Located adjacent the respective opposite ends of the tie is a pair of blocks 7, the said blocks being received by the recesses 1 in the inner sides of the plates 1 and 2 and the recesses 6 in the intermediate or central plates 3 and the said blocks 7 have their lower ends resting on the shoulders 5 formed at the lower ends of the recesses 4, as shown in Fig 5 of the drawings. The blocks 7 have their under surface provided with spaced ribs 8, which extend within the spaces between the plates 3, and have their lower edges lying flush with the lower edges of the plates 3 and the side plates 1 and 2, as. shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. Fastening bolts 9 extend through alined openings in the side plates 1 and 2 and the central plates 3, and have nuts 10 turned on their threaded shanks and adjustable against the adjacent sideplate of the tie. These bolts and nuts serve to cause the plates 1 and 2 to tightly clamp the blocks 7 therebetween, so as to prevent movement of the blocks.

The blocks 7 form seats for the rails 11, the said rails being held in position by means of the fastening elements 12, which are driven into the blocks 7, as shown in Fig. 3. Rectangular shaped reinforcing frames 13 surround the blocks 7, at the upper edge thereof, and the said frames have flanges 14; formed thereon which are adapted to engage over the upper side of the blocks at the opposite ends thereof, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3 of the drawings. These metallic frames 13 for the wooden blocks 7 are secured thereto in any suitable manner.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new, is:

1. A rail tie consisting of a body formed of opposite side plates having opposed recesses formed on the inner surfaces adjacent the opposite ends thereof, plates positioned between the side plates and having recesses therein registering with the recesses in the side plates, rail-supporting blocks removably received by the recesses in the side plates and the second-mentioned plate, and fastening elements extending through the side plates and the said second-mentioned plates for causing the side plates to hold the block in position.

2. A rail tie consisting of a body formed of opposed side plates, plates positioned between the side plates and spaced from each other and having registering recesses therein, rail-supporting blocks received by the recesses in the second-mentioned plates and having ribs formed on the under surfaces thereof, the said ribs extending into the spaces between the second-mentioned plates,

and fastening elements extending through the side plates and the second-mentioned plates.

3. A rail tie consisting of a body having recesses therein, rail-supporting blocks mounted Within the recesses, reinforcing elements extending around the sides of the blocks at the upper ends thereof, and flanges carried by the reinforcing elements and overlying the upper sides of the blocks.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JACOB POSTEL, JR. MASON l3. DICKENS. Witnesses:

OSCAR W. STEFFENS, JOHN D. GILLMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

